Quotes About Negotiation

There is no such thing as gratitude in international politics.

Politics is, for me, forgive and -as you may have heard- sometimes forget.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

You're extending hospitality, and hospitality is a big part of how politics works.

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace.

Politics is a dirty business, but if you do not do politics, politics will be done to you.

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.

Good politics are often inextricably intertwined.

Politics are about preserving relationships at the end of the day, and it has nothing to do with the greater good for humanity. It's just all about business.

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way to settle their differences.

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

International politics, by and large, are a depressing study.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

Politics is not an exact science.

Can compromise be an art? Yes--but a minor art.

Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to win, or sit the battle out.

Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

You help me, I'll help you. That's politics.

In politics, purity is the enemy of victory.

But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy.

Politics is far more complicated than physics.